We contacted each state's registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages* for their top names, adding the results together to create the list of top 50 male and top 50 female names. Feel free to use it as an inspiration board - or as a list of monikers to avoid!

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Rank

Boy Name

No. of Births

1

William

1903

2

Jack

1901

3

Oliver

1695

4

Ethan

1682

5

Noah

1675

6

Thomas

1520

7

Lucas

1496

8

James

1465

9

Cooper

1443

10

Lachlan

1408

11

Liam

1313

12

Joshua

1304

13

Jacob

1251

14

Alexander

1172

15

Samuel

1153

16

Benjamin

1106

17

Max

1094

18

Mason

1088

19

Charlie

1051

20

Riley

1027

21

Xavier

1025

22

Harrison

953

23

Ryan

953

24

Isaac

920

25

Tyler

906

26

Levi

840

27

Hunter

812

28

Jackson

761

29

Daniel

728

30

Harry

716

31

Oscar

693

32

Henry

689

33

Jayden

680

34

Braxton

630

35

Eli

602

36

Logan

554

37

Jake

550

38

Blake

528

39

Sebastian

527

40

Jaxon

510

41

Dylan

507

42

Flynn

495

43

Patrick

490

44

Nicholas

474

45

Matthew

453

46

Luke

452

47

Archie

450

48

Michael

440

49

Aiden

439

50

Elijah

430

Rank

Girl Name

No. of Births

1

Charlotte

1777

2

Ruby

1713

3

Olivia

1629

4

Chloe

1585

5

Emily

1560

6

Sophie

1550

7

Amelia

1508

8

Mia

1499

9

Ava

1445

10

Isabella

1390

11

Ella

1346

12

Grace

1265

13

Sienna

1231

14

Lily

1192

15

Madison

1095

16

Zoe

1035

17

Sophia

1010

18

Emma

864

19

Isla

851

20

Hannah

830

21

Lucy

755

22

Matilda

703

23

Ivy

676

24

Evie

646

25

Eva

639

26

Abigail

597

27

Scarlett

594

28

Summer

551

29

Lilly

531

30

Chelsea

519

31

Zara

487

32

Jessica

478

33

Isabelle

469

34

Savannah

464

35

Jasmine

459

36

Georgia

443

37

Layla

439

38

Sarah

416

39

Harper

416

40

Alexis

388

41

Stella

356

42

Alice

351

43

Willow

348

44

Imogen

338

45

Mackenzie

330

46

Elizabeth

324

47

Holly

322

48

Annabelle

318

49

Audrey

311

50

Hayley

304

*Source

Australia's Top 50 Girls baby names for 2013

Births, Deaths and Marriages registries of NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland and Western Australia. Full data not provided by NT and ACT.